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Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility (26 Mar 2015)

Willie Penrose: Yes, I am just finishing. The new programme would mean that people would surrender their homes to the new owners in exchange for an immediate and unconditional debt write-off. The former owners would then be offered long-term leases should they wish to stay in their homes. The State can help people to pay their rent if their income is not enough and gradually people could recover knowing...

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility (26 Mar 2015)

Willie Penrose: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. The problem, however, is the resource limitation by the Government and that is why the mortgage-to-rent scheme might not work. That is also why the mortgage-to-lease scheme might be a solution, not as an alternative but by operating in tandem with a mortgage-to-rent scheme. We would hope that, in time, many people in the mortgage-to-lease scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (26 Mar 2015)

Willie Penrose: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if an exemption from Deposit Interest Retention Tax is available when a person reaches 65 years of age; the level of eligibility for exemption when the person is married; the stipulations and conditions attached to the said exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12596/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (31 Mar 2015)

Willie Penrose: 242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to expedite an application for an appeal to the chief appeals office by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, in respect of the refusal of that person's application for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13280/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (31 Mar 2015)

Willie Penrose: 251. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal in relation to a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13413/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (31 Mar 2015)

Willie Penrose: 408. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the proposed family leave Bill will be published; if it will deal with the issue of maternity leave and premature births where babies have to be detained in hospital in intensive care; if he will specify that maternity leave should not commence as a result of a premature birth, that is, before 35 weeks, and permit this period to be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2015)

Willie Penrose: 454. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of the meningitis B vaccine into the primary childhood immunisation schedule as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12866/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (31 Mar 2015)

Willie Penrose: 537. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is given an appointment for a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan at Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore in County Offaly, as a matter of urgency. [13414/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (2 Apr 2015)

Willie Penrose: 64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite the hearing of an appeal relating to carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, which hearing initially commenced and then adjourned, and is now waiting to be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13792/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas Eligibility (2 Apr 2015)

Willie Penrose: 121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the two dependent children of a person who is studying to PhD level in Ireland for a scholarship in Ecuador, that person’s home country, may be permitted to enter third level education when they complete their secondary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13794/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme Administration (15 Apr 2015)

Willie Penrose: 276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the impact the recent announcement of an amendment to the tuberculosis eradication movement regulations will have upon general farm husbandry; if, in this context, he will indicate the reason he failed to have inclusive negotiations with the farming organisations to ensure the practical consequences of such...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: World Heritage Sites (15 Apr 2015)

Willie Penrose: 903. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her Department's application to United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to have the Hill of Uisneach in Killare in Mullingar, County Westmeath designated as an UNESCO World Heritage Site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14122/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (16 Apr 2015)

Willie Penrose: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration is being given to the introduction of legislation similar to that which has been introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom whereby it is proposed to hold persons accountable for bank failure by means of a presumption of responsibility rule, which requires senior managers to demonstrate, where a firm is guilty of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (21 Apr 2015)

Willie Penrose: 281. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a scheme of credits can be constructed for women who were mandatorily required to leave the workforce due to implementation of the marriage bar, and whereby their entitlement to pensions has been severely curtailed due to a provision which was grounded upon inequality, and if same will now be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector: Irish Farmers Association (21 Apr 2015)

Willie Penrose: This committee has not been remiss in tackling this problem. When I was Chair of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment in 2010, we held a full inquiry into this issue. The power the multiples wielded at the time was frightening. Their power was so substantial that even reasonably big businesses were terrified of putting their heads above the parapet. We hired a young...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals (23 Apr 2015)

Willie Penrose: 60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a reduced State Pension (Non-contributory) in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16179/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance (28 Apr 2015)

Willie Penrose: 105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will take steps to ensure that appropriate credits are provided for persons who had to leave the workforce due to the marriage bar in the early 1970s, as this is having an impact upon their ability to receive appropriate pensions at this point in time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16806/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (28 Apr 2015)

Willie Penrose: 106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if same will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16832/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (28 Apr 2015)

Willie Penrose: 109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will take steps to ensure that legislative changes are introduced in order to emphasise employer responsibility for pension schemes, and that it is the employer who should fund future pension protection schemes, as is the case in other European Union countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16842/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Collection (28 Apr 2015)

Willie Penrose: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the context of correspondence with a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, he will arrange to have the 2012 local property tax and household charge arrears deducted from this person's Department of Defence pension by way of instalments, and spread out on a monthly basis in the sum of €10, in view of the fact that this person has a...